County Profile

Washington

Home to the easternmost part of the United States, Washington is the state’s third-least populous county. Major industries of Washington County include tourism, fishing and farming.

Washington

Washington County at a Glance:

28.8% of children under 18 live in poverty.**

37.5% of children in Washington County receive SNAP benefits, 63.2% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**

27.2% of children are living with food insecurity.**

The infant mortality rate in Washington County is 5.9 per 1,000.**

10.5 per every 1,000 children in Washington County are in DHHS custody.**

68.3% of children in Washington County participate in MaineCare.**

51.4% of people in Washington County are not currently in the workforce.*

19% of the population is under the age of 18.*

38.5% of the population achieved a high school degree; 6.4% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*

The high school graduation rate for Washington County is 89.9%**

*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016

**Source: Maine Kids Count

Grants Awarded in this Region

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Award

Description

Location

2020

H.O.M.E. Inc.

$10,000

To provide general operating support.

ORLAND, ME

2020

Healthy Acadia

$25,000

To support the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, which harvests surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributes it to food pantries and other food security organizations across Hancock and Washington counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2020

Maine Seacoast Mission

$25,000

To provide families impacted by COVID-19 in Washington and eastern Hancock counties with expanded food offerings and connections to community basic needs resources.

Bar Harbor, ME

2019

Axiom Education and Training Center

$50,000

To support the work of Family Futures Downeast, a two-generational educational program for parents and their children in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2019

Axiom Education and Training Center

$26,000

To support the general operations of the Washington County Adult Education program.

Machias, ME

2019

Hand in Hand, Mano en Mano

$15,000

To provide immigrants and migrant workers with high-quality supports and referrals to meet their basic needs.

Milbridge, ME

2019

Healthy Acadia

$20,000

To support the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, which harvests surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributes it to food pantries and other food security organizations across Hancock and Washington counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2019

Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center

$15,000

To provide mental health counseling to low income Mainers residing in northern and eastern Maine.

BANGOR, ME

2019

Next Step Domestic Violence Project

$20,000

To remove barriers to housing stability experienced by victims of abuse and their children through rent subsidies, one-time investments in immediate needs, and specialized housing advocacy.

ELLSWORTH, ME

2019

Sunrise County Economic Council

$180,000

To support Family Futures Downeast, a two-generation education and workforce opportunity for low-income parents and their children in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2019

Sunrise Opportunities

$75,000

To support the general operations of the Community Caring Collaborative.

Machias, ME

2019

Sunrise Opportunities

$25,000

To support a pilot transportation program for people in recovery in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2019

Wabanaki Health and Wellness

$25,000

To support community and cultural resiliency for Passamaquoddy Tribal Members who are recovering from opiate addiction.

Bangor, ME

2018

Axiom Education and Training Center

$86,000

To provide education and training to particpants of Family Futures Downeast, a two-generational program that combines post-secondary and career programming for Washington County parents with early childhood education for their children.

Machias, ME

2018

Cooperative Development Institute

$200,000

Two year grant to provide business owners in Washington County with succession planning assistance, to provide workers with new skills that will improve profitability, and to sustain economic activity and access to goods and services in rural communities.

Northampton, MA

2018

Four Directions Development Corporation

$15,000

To provide support for general operations to provide access to safe, quality housing for members of the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes, mostly located in Aroostook, Penobscot, and Washington counties.

Orono, ME

2018

Healthy Acadia

$25,000

To expand the amount of local, healthy food available to low-income households in Hancock and Washington counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2018

Maine Seacoast Mission

$20,950

To support the Mission’s ongoing work with the Data Innovation Project to incorporate better data collection and analysis into its programs and activities for more informed decision making.

Bar Harbor, ME

2018

Sunrise County Economic Council

$71,000

To support their role as an organizational partner for Family Futures Downeast, a two-generational program that combines post-secondary and career programming for Washington County parents with early childhood education for their children.

Machias, ME

2018

Sunrise County Economic Council

$50,000

To support the continued evaluation of Family Futures Downeast, a two-generational program that combines post-secondary and career programming for Washington County parents with early childhood education for their children.

Machias, ME

2018

Sunrise Opportunities

$100,000

To support their role as an organizational partner for Family Futures Downeast, a two-generational program that combines post-secondary and career programming for Washington County parents with early childhood education for their children.

Machias, ME

2018

We Care Community Baby Center

$5,000

To provide general operating support to two centers providing low-income families throughout Washington County with free diapers, clothing, and other household essentials.

Machias, ME

2017

Axiom Education and Training Center

$120,000

To provide support for Family Futures Downeast's Collaborative Project.

Machias, ME

2017

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$10,000

For general operating support.

Calais, ME

2017

Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic

$7,000

For general operating support.

Ellsworth, ME

2017

Hand in Hand Mano en Mano

$20,000

To provide immigrants and migrant workers with high-quality supports and referrals to meet their basic needs.

Milbridge, ME

2017

Maine Seacoast Mission

$25,000

To provide support for the Weald Bethel Food Pantry, which serves low-income residents within a 700-mile radius of Washington County.

Bar Harbor, ME

2017

Sunrise County Economic Council

$100,000

To support low-income families in Washington County through a two-generational approach to post-secondary education and early childhood education.

Machias, ME

2017

Sunrise County Economic Council

$50,000

To support an evaluation of the Family Futures Downeast initiative.

Machias, ME

2017

Sunrise Opportunities

$100,000

To provide general operating support for the Community Caring Collaborative.

Machias, ME

2016

Axiom Education and Training Center

$150,000

To support programming for post-secondary readiness activities for prospective participants in Family Futures Downeast, a two-generation program in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2016

Child and Family Opportunities

$15,000

For the Early Education Access Fund helping parents who need childcare, and who are ineligible for other assistance or are unable to pay full fees due to changes in employment, changes in family health and well-being, or unexpected situations.

Ellsworth, ME

2016

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$15,000

To provide cost-free compassionate care for terminally ill cancer patients, their families and their caregivers.

Calais, ME

2016

Hand in Hand Mano en Mano

$15,000

To provide support for a drop-in resource center, home-based services, case management, referrals and transportation services for immigrants and farmworkers in Milbridge and surrounding towns

Milbridge, ME

2016

Irene Chadbourne Ecumenical Food Pantry

$15,000

To provide for children, young parents and the elderly living in Washington County, the Passamaquoddy Indian Township and Pleasant Point with basic services such as food, fuel and transportation.

Calais, ME

2016

Sunrise County Economic Council

$200,000

For Family Futures Downeast, a two – generation education and workforce training opportunity for low – income parents in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2015

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$15,000

To provide cost-free compassionate care for terminally ill cancer patients, their families and their caregivers.

Calais, ME

2015

Eastern Area Agency on Aging

$20,000

To support the Pantry Partners program, which serves low-income clients through emergency and supplemental food boxes and transportation of food from food pantries to seniors' homes.

Bangor, ME

2015

Food AND Medicine, Jobs with Justice Education Fund

$15,000

To provide funding to deliver healthy, locally grown food to SNAP users, including families in crisis, laid-off workers, seniors, and people with disabilities who need homecare.

Brewer, ME

2015

Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges

$100,000

To support Family Futures Downeast.

South Portland, ME

2015

Friends of Aroostook

$15,000

To provide funding to grow, maintain, harvest, and deliver fresh produce to Area Agencies on Aging sites in Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties.

Houlton, ME

2015

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital

$25,000

To provide increased access to mental health services for uninsured and underinsured residents in western Washington and Hancock counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2015

Maine Seacoast Mission

$25,000

To support the Weald Bethel Food Pantry, which serves low-income residents within a 700 mile radius of Washington County.

Bar Harbor, ME

2015

Sunrise Opportunities

$390,000

Two year grant to help Community Caring Collaborative maintain the necessary infrastructure to continue to support children and families in Washington County.

Machias, ME

2015

Washington Hancock Community Agency

$61,000

To support the At Home Downeast program.

Ellsworth, ME

2014

Axiom Education and Training Center

$410,000

Two year grant to pilot a new strategy for coordinating small business development and Adult Education in the Greater Machias region.

Machias, ME

2014

Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center

$15,000

To provide operating support toward staffing so they may continue providing direct services to people affected by cancer in Hancock and Washington Counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2014

Child and Family Opportunities

$15,000

To provide operating support for high quality early care and education programs in nine centers in Washington and Hancock counties.

Ellsworth, ME

2014

Community Health and Counseling Services

$17,150

To provide funding for support groups for resource families raising children whose parent(s) cannot.

Bangor, ME

2014

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$10,000

To provide general operating support to continue providing cost-free compassionate support for terminally ill cancer patients, their families, and their caregivers.

Calais, ME

2014

Hand in Hand, Mano en Mano

$15,000

To provide immigrants and migrant workers with high-quality supports and referrals to meet their basic needs.

Milbridge, ME

2014

Maine Seacoast Mission

$20,000

To provide support for individuals and families who struggle to have adequate food, shelter and clothing.

Bar Harbor, ME

2014

Sunrise Opportunities

$10,000

To provide short term or one time financial support to meet critical needs of low-income families.

Machias, ME

2014

Women Unlimited

$350,000

Two year grant to provide skills training, job connections and work supports to low-income individuals in Bangor, Machias and Lewiston and align that training with the workforce needs of local industries.

Augusta, ME

2013

Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center

$15,000

To provide operating support to sustain the Program and Volunteer Coordinator position.

Ellsworth, ME

2013

Cancer Support Center of Maine

$5,000

To provide gas cards for cancer patients traveling to and from medical appointments.

Bucksport, ME

2013

Child and Family Opportunities

$87,650

To support ongoing professional development for early childhood providers and elementary teachers through a coaching and mentoring model that is informed by a “best practice” assessment tool.

Ellsworth, ME

2013

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

$600,000

A three year grant to develop the organizational infrastructure required to best deploy capital to vulnerable populations in Lewiston, Portland, Machias, and Skowhegan.

Brunswick, ME

2013

Community Health and Counseling Services

$24,250

To provide remote patient monitoring for individuals age 60+ living with chronic diseases such as diabetes or congestive heart failure.

Bangor, ME

2013

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$10,000

To provide hospice and bereavement services to cancer patients and those in need of end of life supportive, compassionate care.

Calais, ME

2013

Eastern Area Agency on Aging

$100,000

To support the expansion of the EZ Fix program, a year round home repair and independent living program for low-income Maine senior citizens and adults with disabilities.

Bangor, ME

2012

Down East Hospice Volunteers

$10,000

To provide for the unmet needs of Washington County individuals who are terminally ill and want to spend their final days at home.